diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lazy_import/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lazy_import/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..743604d539b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lazy_import/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+, pytest_xdist
+, six }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "lazy_import";
+  version = "0.2.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0gca9xj60qr3aprj9qdc66crr4r7hl8wzv6gc9y40nclazwawj91";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+    pytest_xdist
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    six
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    cd lazy_import
+    pytest --boxed
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "lazy_import provides a set of functions that load modules, and related attributes, in a lazy fashion.";
+    homepage = https://github.com/mnmelo/lazy_import;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.marenz ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 61467b1fc43..762dc1cd469 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4265,6 +4265,8 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs) kerberos;
   };
 
+  lazy_import = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lazy_import { };
+
   lazy-object-proxy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lazy-object-proxy { };
 
   ldaptor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ldaptor { };